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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,365 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Brooklands, North Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QA
Received 19 Jun 2023ROSE COTTAGE, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 16 Jan 2023Kendal College Milnthorpe Road KENDAL LA9 5AY
Received 17 Jan 2025OXENTHWAITE FARMHOUSE, OXENTHWAITE, BARRAS
Received 21 Feb 20029A Thorny Hills, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AL
Received 23 Jul 2014INTACK HOUSE, MIDDLESCEUGH, IVEGILL, CA4 0QF
Received 28 Jan 20159 Park Street, KENDAL, LA9 5QP
Received 20 Mar 2017CHADWELL HOUSE, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 16 Aug 20213 THE BOULEVARD WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 23 Dec 20043 High Park House,, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7RE
Received 28 Feb 2017PRIORY HOTEL, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116QB
Received 29 Jul 200518-20 Market Street Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QS
Received 9 Apr 2025Hideaway Coffee House, Moss Side, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PF
Received 8 Oct 2019HALL MORE CARAVAN PARK, HALE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BP
Received 5 Aug 20131 LONGMEG COTTAGE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 25 Mar 20032 HILL TOP, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 5 Apr 2018TEMPLE SOWERBY C OF E SCHOOL, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 13 Aug 200413, MURTON CLOSE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RE
Received 23 Mar 2004DODD & CO, CLINT MILL, CORNMARKET, PENRITH, CA11 7HW
Received 19 Jul 2004Auction Mart North Lonsdale Terrace ULVERSTON LA12 9AU
Received 2 Dec 2024DENTON COTTAGES, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 20031 Bank Top, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NT
Received 3 Mar 2022STREETHEAD FARM, LOW BRAITHWAITE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NG
Received 9 Jun 2023Lock Cottage Canal Foot Ulverston LA12 9EL
Received 2 Apr 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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